The New York Times Crossword

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Wristwatch part 1 Rock band with 6 a 1980 album that went 25x platinum

“That’s amazing!” 10 Crumbles away 13 Place 15

“That’s amazing!” 16 They put in long 17 hours to get better hours Emmy-winning

19 actress Aduba Strong base

20 What’s theorized 21 to have preceded the Big Bang Puts off, in a way

22 Down-hearted 24 softies?

Slimeball

27

Showy wraps 28 Telephone when 30 all lit up?

Word seen above

34 a mug shot

What polar

36 opposites have in common

Graceful leap

37 It may lead up to 38 a letdown

When some

39 people break for lunch

___-fresh

41

Red slips of 42 paper?

___ Bengal

43 (five-star hotel in Kolkata)

Endure

44 punishment Founder of the

46 Sikh religion Actress Laura

49 What’s uttered by 50 a mime

Potshots

51

Sprinkle (with) 53 Second-busiest 56 airport in the U.S. ___ ears

57 Houseware 60 brand that’s easy to read in a mirror

Keeps going

61 despite fatigue … or a hint to three features of this puzzle

Military missions,

65 informally Wedding wear

66 Laugh riot 67 Opposition 68

Spot 69

They may be 70 given in relief

DOWN

Promote 1

It’s used to carry 2 out an order

Gear for the

3 bench

Fracas

4

Look over 5

Oscar winner 6 Mahershala

Corp. leader

7 in charge of 35-Down Not-so-great

8 depression

John of “Being

9 John Malkovich” Enthusiastic reply

10 to “Wanna try?” Go slowly

11

“___ with me?” 12 Many a 4WD ride 14 Name on both 18 “The Simpsons” and “South Park” They cause rolling

23 of the eyes, not rolling in the aisles

Woos outside

24 one’s league, so to speak Misleading

25 malware

PUZZLE BY SID SIVAKUMAR It brings the

26 heat

Place to catch

28 shrimp

Not accidental

29

Aid in catching 31 shrimp

Had a home

32 cooked meal Observance

33 once known as Quadragesima (Latin for

“fortieth”)

Harrison, e.g., but

34 not Ford

Figures, e.g.

35

Gets darker, in a

40 way

Ones arranging

45 spots

Gall

47

Approximate

48 weight of a liter of water

Green splats, on

52 Rotten Tomatoes [And … it’s gone!]

53 Fair

54

Bemoans

55

Format of a digital

57 pic

Its name is said

58 to mean “people of the mountains” Where squatters

59 may be seen Defeat just barely

62 Word that

63 becomes its own synonym if you change its first letter to “WI”

3-D test

64